Monday, September 12, 2016

8:00 AM

Dem Russ Feingold is out with a new TV ad hitting Johnson for calling Social Security a “legal Ponzi scheme.”

The spot opens with the narrator telling viewers to listen to Johnson on Social Security before playing a clip of a 2014 town hall in Superior. He calls the program a “legal Ponzi scheme.”

The narrator then says Johnson has been “working to turn it into one” as a senator, wanting to privatize the program, “putting benefits at risk.” The narrator also says Johnson “attacks Medicare” and would turn it into a voucher program, “costing seniors thousands out of pocket.”

The narrator says, “Don’t let Ron Johnson turn Social Security into a ...” before the ad cuts back to Johnson saying, “legal Ponzi scheme.”

“Sen. Johnson: not for seniors, not for Wisconsin,” the narrator says the close the spot.